Liora
Liora is a name with a single cultural origin: Hebrew.
- Hebrew
Meaning & Origin of Liora
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Liora is a name with a single cultural origin: Hebrew.
Origin data from Behind the Name .
Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Hebrew
The Story of Liora
American parents first put Liora on the record books as a baby girl name in 1982, with 7 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 2026, when 137 Lioras were born — ranking #1,554 that year. About 43% of every Liora on record arrived during the 2020s, its defining decade. As of 2026, Liora ranks #1,554 for baby girls with 137 births, rising sharply (+62% over the past five years). All told, over 2K Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1980s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
Popularity by State
Variants & Related Forms of Liora
Foreign forms, alternate spellings, and nicknames that share roots with Liora. Linked entries have a profile on Peek a Name.
- Lior
- Liorit
Names that sound like Liora
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About the name Liora
Liora is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1982 and has accumulated 2K births in the dataset. Liora's peak popularity came in 2026 when it ranked #1,554. Use the chart and map above to compare Liora's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
Peek a Name aggregates and presents the above data for informational purposes. Statistical predictions and external attributions are clearly labelled where shown; we make no guarantee of accuracy beyond what each source provides.